591 ▲ +130.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 257
- 2016: 492
- 2021: 591
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Buxton
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults make up the largest age group in Buxton, where the typical resident is 53 years old. This is far older than the national figure of 38. The area's population of 591 people is larger than about 69% of similar areas.
591
▲ +130.0%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Buxton — higher than 67% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 53, which is far older than the Victoria and Australia average of 38 years.
53 yrs ▲ +17.8%
Older than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 53 yrs
- 2021: 53 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high proportion of seniors aged 65 and over (28.4%) live here, far above the national figure of 17.2%. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 13.5% of the population, which is well below the national average.
28.4% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
13.5% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Buxton splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (33%) and Seniors (65+) (29%), with Young adults (25–44) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are more common here than in most areas, at 15.6% compared to 11.5% nationally. No Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live in the area, which is well below the Australian average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
15.6% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is Married at 49%, followed by Never married (28%) and Divorced (15%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/demographics-identity